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AUSTIN – Former Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday plans to name dozens of big-time Republican donors to a new advisory board for his political action committee, a move that comes as Perry looks to flex his fundraising muscle ahead of a likely 2016 presidential campaign. “Perry is going to be a really formidable competitor in the […]
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AUSTIN — Rick Perry is using a new video to try to whip up excitement over his 14-year tenure as governor — and maybe win some early backers as he considers another bid for the White House. The three-minute clip, which dramatically revisits Perry’s 2000 promise to make Texas a “haven of opportunity,” is being […]
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AUSTIN – Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott and Dan Patrick, the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor, on Tuesday morning rallied supporters against Democratic efforts to make inroads in Texas, serving up red meat during what was believed to be their first appearance together on the campaign trail. Introducing Abbott, the attorney general, at a museum in […]
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AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is scheduled to be in New York on Tuesday to help raise money for two Republicans challengers looking to knock off well-established Democratic incumbents. Perry will drop in on Buffalo in the evening to appear at a fundraiser for Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive taking on New York Gov. […]
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AUSTIN — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis used a forum Wednesday morning to tie the concerns of disabled voters to her top priorities if elected governor: putting more money into schools, raising the minimum wage and expanding Medicaid. Speaking at the Texas Disability Issues Forum, Davis framed her support for increasing the minimum wage as […]
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AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is making it known he has learned a valuable lesson as he considers another run for president. “I know to be prepared this time, that preparation is a great deal what this is all about,” Perry said Friday morning during an interview on FOX Business Network’s “Opening Bell.” The show […]
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AUSTIN — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis is taking heat for leaving Texas to promote her new memoir at the height of campaign season, again setting off a debate about out-of-state travel in the governor’s race. Since launching a tour Monday to promote the book, titled “Forgetting to Be Afraid,” Davis has traveled to New […]
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Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott’s campaign for governor released a Web ad Tuesday criticizing Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis for raising money outside Texas for her gubernatorial bid. The one-minute spot features a narrator using a voice similar to that of a game show host to rattle off the places Davis has visited to raise […]
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AUSTIN — Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth, who is seeking the Democratic nod for governor, is working to raise enough money for a high-dollar general election battle with the expected GOP nominee, Attorney General Greg Abbott. Davis has been raising mo…
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While the Texas Senate was sweating over the issue of abortion regulations that Gov. Rick Perry added to the special-session agenda last week, Perry was talking to the AP after a Park Avenue meeting and sharing a new ad with Politico. Politico makes note of Perry’s potential 2016 presidential aspirations and says the first 30 […]
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